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Discussion Paper Calls for Modification of Alterative Motor Fuels Act to Better Support Energy and Environmental Goals

Posted on May 30, 2008

Collantes proposes a logic sequence to assess whether to keep, eliminate, or revise the AMFA provisions. Click to enlarge.The two decade-old Alternative Motor Fuels Act the statue that currently provides automakers with incentives under the CAFE program to manufacture Flex Fuel Vehicles needs to be overhauled or scrapped to better account for issues related to the consumer acceptance of biofuel-capable vehicles and to the geographical correlation between biofuel supply and vehicle deployment; and to enhance energy security and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector, a...

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